Splash guard for automobile rear fenders



Sept. 1, 1931. F. A. CALKINS SPLASH GUARD FOR AUTOMOBILE-REAR FENDBRS File d Oct. 1s. 1929 IIIL PW W L I V I HHHH I A'ITORNE Patented Sept. 1 1931 FREDERIG A. GALKINS, or WATERBIIRY, CONNECTICUT esesern FFICE SPLASH GUARD FOR AUTOMOBILE REAR FENDERS Application filed October 16, 1929. Serial No. 399,972.

This invention relates to splash guards for the rear fenders of an automobile, and more particularly to an improved form of splash guard which may be readily attached to and g detached from said fenders.

One object of the invention is to provide a detachablesplash guard of the'above na-' construction, inexpensive to manufacture,

practically invisible in use, easy to install,

ornamental in appearance, and very eflicient and durable in use. r

lVith these and other objects in view, there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawings two forms in which the invention may be conveniently embodied inpractice.

Fig. 1 represents a side view of the rear 30 portion of an automobile and rear fender upon which the present invention has been installed.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the rear por tion. of said fender showing the improved 35 splash guard in assembled position.

Fig. 3 isa rear view'ofth'e same.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view similar to Fig.2, in which the splash guard is detachably held on the rear fender by a modified form of 40 attaching device.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the pair of cooperating side members of the first form of attaching device.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View similar to Fig.

4 5, of one of the pair of side members comprising the second form of attaching device.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the

' 5 numerals 10, 11, and 12 indicate an automobile body, the left rear wheel, and the left rear fender or'mudguard, respectively. Depending from the lower end of the fender 12 is a splash guard 13, generally rectangular in shape, as most clearly shown in F ig.' 3, and having a transverse slot or passage 14 at its forward end between the opposite layers of the fabric thereof for receiving the splash guard attaching device which may be of two forms, the first of which is shown. in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, the second form being illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6.

The first form of splash guard attaching device comprises a pair of cooperating generally U-shaped wire members 15, each having a pair of parallel inwardly extending extremities '16 and 17. The extremities l6 and 17 are curved to fit snugly against the under side of the fender 12 between the side beads -18-=and 19 thereof.

The extremities 16 and 17 are connected at their outer ends by a pair of loops 20 and 21, said 'loops'being joined together by re- Versely bent'U-shaped bridge members 22, shoulders 23 and 24 being formed at'the junctions between the loops 20 and 21 and the extremities 16 and 17, respectively. The space between the vertical legs of the'bridge member22 and the shoulders '23 and 24 is made such that when'the attaching members. are pushed-upover the beads 18 and 19 of the rear fender 12, the bridges 22 will snap inwardly and clamp the fender tightly.

When in assembled position, the extremi- .ties 16 and 17 of the cooperating pair of attaching members 15 will lie alongside one another, as shown in' Figs. 2 and 8,'to pro vide an adjustable sliding fit upon various sizes of fenders. By means of this construction, the attaching members will be permitted to yield with any strains which cause a slight-lateral movement of the beads 18 and 19 of the fender thereby preventing the splash guard from being injured or falling off, whichwas one of the disadvantages of prior'splash guards.

One advantage of the present invention is that even if one of the attaching members is accidentally moved out of position along the edgeiof the fender, the splash guard will rebers, however, instead of being bent up from wire, are made from strip metal and each comprisesa curved inner extremity 25, shoulto the rear tender of an automobile, a pair ders 26, bottom loops 27, between which is a cut-out slot 28, and an upwardly extending bridge member 29, r

IVhen the modified form of attaching members are installed in the splash guard,

it will be noticed, as viewed in Fig. 4, that,

the extremities 25 overlie one another in shdablje relationshlp. The operation of the device is otherwise identical. with that of thefirst form.

While there have been disclosed ,in this specification two forms in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that these forms are shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosures but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In;sh ort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims."

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is: 7

1. In a device for attaching a splash guard of clamping members each having a pair of parallel portions adapted to be sleldably inserted within a transverse slot 1n the splash guard, each of said portions having at theirouter ends a resilient clip for detachably engaging one'of the depending beads at the'sides of the fenderr 2. In a device for attaching a splash guard to the rear fender of an automobile, a pair of clamping members each having a pair of curved parallel portions adapted to be slidably inserted within a transverse slot inthe splash guard, each of said portions having at their outer ends a resilient clip for detachably engaging one of the depending heads at the sides of the tender.

3. Ina device for attaching a splash guard to the rear tender of an automobile, a pair of clamping members each having a pair of parallel. portions curved to fit the underside oi the tender and adapted to be slidably inserted within a transverse slot in the splash guard, each of said portions having at their outer ends a resilient clip for detachably engaging one of the depending beads at the sides of the fender.

4i Ina device for attaching a splash guard,

to the rear tender of an auto1nobile, a pair ofwire clamping members each having a pair of parallel portions adapted to be slidably inserted within a transverse slot in the splash guard, each of said portions having at their outer ends a resilient clip for deltachably engaging one of the depending beads at the sides of the tender.

5. In a device for attaching a splash guard to the rear fender ofean automobile, a pair of clamping members for detachably gripping the depending beads at opposite sides ofthe fender, each of said members having inwardly extending extremities, theouter ends of said clamping members comprising depending loops and an upstanding bridge member connecting said loops, the space between said loops and said brid e being such that when the "clamping members are pushed up over the fender beads, the bridges will snap inwardly guard tightly on the tender.

6. In a splash guard for an automobile fender having a beaded rim, a guard member, and a pair of adjustable members on said guard member having resilient clips extending therefrom to detach'ably snap over the beaded rim of said fender to hold said guard member in position.

7. In a splash guard for an automobile fender having a beaded rim, a guard member, and'a pair of adjustable overlapping members on said guard member having spring clips to detachably snap over the beaded rim of said fender to hold said guard member in position. 7 r

8. In a splash guard for an automobile fender having a beaded rim, a guard member, and a pair of resilient wire members on said guard member having end clips to detachably snap over the beaded rim of said tender to hold said guard member in position. Z

9. In a splash guard for an automobile fender having a beaded rim, a guard member, and a pair of resilient looped wire clip members on said guard member for detachably clamping about the beaded rim of said FREDERIC A. CALKIN S. 

